ToDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
ToDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
2:30 p.m. Florida State at Virginia Tech ESPN
GOLF
8 a.m. PGA Tour: Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic (first round) TGC
7 p.m. European PGA Tour: Singapore Open (second round) TGC
HORSE RACING
10:30 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
NBA BASKETBALL
3 p.m. Oklahoma City at Chicago TNT
5:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Portland TNT
NFL FOOTBALL
3 p.m. Indianapolis at Jacksonville NFL
SOCCER
4:30 p.m. MLS conference semifinals: Seattle at Real Salt Lake (Leg 2) ESPN2
TENNIS
9 a.m. ATP World Tour Finals (round robin) * ESPN2
FRIDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
AUTO RACING
7 a.m. Nationwide Series: Practice for Great Clips 200 SPEED
9 a.m. Sprint Cup: Practice for AdvoCare 500 SPEED
10:30 a.m. Nationwide Series: Final practice for Great Clips 200 SPEED
11:30 a.m. Truck Series: Pole qualifying for Lucas Oil 150 SPEED
1 p.m. Sprint Cup: pole qualifying for AdvoCare 500 SPEED
3 p.m. Truck Series: Lucas Oil 150 SPEED
BOXING
5 p.m. Heavyweights: Dominick Breazeale vs. Curtis Tate SHO
Junior middleweights: Errol Spence Jr. vs. Jonathan Garcia
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
3 p.m. Pittsburgh at UConn ESPN2
GOLF
8 a.m. PGA Tour: Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Classic (second round) TGC
5 p.m. European PGA Tour: Singapore Open (third round) TGC
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
5 p.m. HHSAA state playoffs: Mililani vs. Baldwin at War Memorial Stadium OC16
5:30 p.m. CIF playoffs (first-round game) FOXSP
HORSE RACING
10 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
12:30 p.m. Michigan State vs. Connecticut ESPN
2 p.m. Ohio State vs. Marquette NBCSN
2 p.m. Gardner-Webb at North Carolina FOXSP
3 p.m. San Diego State vs. Syracuse FOXSP2
3:30 p.m. Maryland vs. Kentucky ESPN
4 p.m. Georgetown vs. Florida NBCSN
6 p.m. Indiana State at UCLA FOXSP2
NBA BASKETBALL
5:30 p.m. Utah at Denver ESPN
TENNIS
9 a.m. ATP World Tour Finals (round robin) * ESPN2
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
11 a.m. Notre Dame vs. Ohio State NBCSN
* — Tape-delayed broadcast
SOCCER
MLS Playoff Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE Semifinals
D.C. United vs. New York
Saturday’s result
Roundup>New York 1, D.C. United 1
Today’s game
Roundup>New York at D.C. United, 3 p.m.
Kansas City vs. Houston
Houston advances 2-1 on aggregate
Sunday’s result
Roundup>Houston 2, Kansas City 0
Wednesday’s result
Roundup>Kansas City 1, Houston 0
WESTERN CONFERENCE Semifinals
San Jose vs. Los Angeles
Los Angeles advances 3-2 on aggregate
Sunday’s result
Roundup>San Jose 1, Los Angeles 0
Wednesday’s result
Roundup>Los Angeles 3, San Jose 1
Seattle vs. Real Salt Lake
Friday’s result
Roundup>Real Salt Lake 0, Seattle 0
Today’s game
Roundup>Seattle at Real Salt Lake, 4:30 p.m.
College Football
College Schedule
Tuesday’s result
MIDWEST
Ball St. 34, Toledo 27
Wednesday’s results
MIDWEST
Bowling Green 26, Ohio 14
Today’s games
SOUTH
Florida St. at Virginia Tech, 2:30 p.m.
SOUTHWEST
Louisiana-Monroe at Arkansas St., 2 p.m.
Friday’s game
EAST
Pittsburgh at UConn, 3 p.m.
Saturday’s games
EAST
Bryant at CCSU, 7 a.m.
Albany (NY) at Duquesne, 7 a.m.
Dayton at Marist, 7 a.m.
St. Francis (Pa.) at Monmouth (NJ), 7 a.m.
Harvard at Penn, 7 a.m.
Army at Rutgers, 7 a.m.
Robert Morris at Sacred Heart, 7 a.m.
Louisville at Syracuse, 7 a.m.
Cincinnati at Temple, 7 a.m.
Princeton at Yale, 7 a.m.
Cornell at Columbia, 7:30 a.m.
Colgate at Lehigh, 7:30 a.m.
Lafayette at Fordham, 8 a.m.
Bucknell at Georgetown, 8 a.m.
James Madison at Villanova, 8 a.m.
Holy Cross at Wagner, 8 a.m.
Brown at Dartmouth, 8:30 a.m.
Georgia St. at Maine, 9 a.m.
W. Michigan at Buffalo, 10:30 a.m.
Rhode Island at Towson, 10:30 a.m.
Notre Dame at Boston College, 3 p.m.
SOUTH
Campbell at Jacksonville, 7 a.m.
William & Mary at Old Dominion, 7 a.m.
Arkansas at South Carolina, 7 a.m.
Miami at Virginia, 7 a.m.
Louisiana-Lafayette at Florida, 12:21 p.m.
Missouri at Tennessee, 12:21 p.m.
Georgia Tech at North Carolina, 7:30 a.m.
Hampton at Delaware St., 8 a.m.
Murray St. at E. Kentucky, 8 a.m.
Morgan St. at Norfolk St., 8 a.m.
Coastal Carolina at Presbyterian, 8 a.m.
FAU at W. Kentucky, 8 a.m.
Gardner-Webb at Charleston Southern, 8:30 a.m.
Samford at Elon, 8:30 a.m.
SC State at NC A&T, 8:30 a.m.
The Citadel at VMI, 8:30 a.m.
Chattanooga at Wofford, 8:30 a.m.
Howard at Georgia Southern, 9 a.m.
Prairie View at MVSU, 9 a.m.
UT-Martin at Tennessee Tech, 9:30 a.m.
Texas Southern at Alcorn St., 10 a.m.
NC Central at Florida A&M, 10 a.m.
Ark.-Pine Bluff at Grambling St., 10 a.m.
Wake Forest at NC State, 10 a.m.
Texas A&M at Alabama, 10:30 a.m.
Furman at Appalachian St., 10:30 a.m.
Maryland at Clemson, 10:30 a.m.
Stony Brook at Liberty, 10:30 a.m.
Delaware at Richmond, 10:30 a.m.
Navy at Troy, 10:30 a.m.
Austin Peay at Jacksonville St., 11 a.m.
Marshall at UAB, 11:30 a.m.
Alabama A&M at Jackson St., noon
Bethune-Cookman at Savannah St., noon
Georgia at Auburn, 2 p.m.
Mississippi St. at LSU, 2 p.m.
Tulane at Memphis, 2 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Mississippi, 2 p.m.
Sam Houston St. at Northwestern St., 2 p.m.
Alabama St. at Southern U., 2 p.m.
Stephen F. Austin at SE Louisiana, 3 p.m.
MIDWEST
SE Missouri at E. Illinois, 7 a.m.
Wisconsin at Indiana, 7 a.m.
Purdue at Iowa, 7 a.m.
Northwestern at Michigan, 7 a.m.
Cent. Michigan at E. Michigan, 8 a.m.
Kent St. at Miami (Ohio), 8 a.m.
N. Iowa at South Dakota, 8 a.m.
UMass at Akron, 9 a.m.
Butler at Drake, 9 a.m.
Davidson at Valparaiso, 9 a.m.
Youngstown St. at W. Illinois, 9 a.m.
Minnesota at Illinois, 10:30 a.m.
Penn St. at Nebraska, 10:30 a.m.
S. Dakota St. at N. Dakota St., 11 a.m.
SOUTHWEST
Iowa St. at Texas, 7 a.m.
Kansas at Texas Tech, 7 a.m.
Baylor at Oklahoma, 10:30 a.m.
West Virginia at Oklahoma St., 10:30 a.m.
Nicholls St. at Lamar, 11 a.m.
Tulsa at Houston, noon
South Alabama at North Texas, noon
McNeese St. at UTSA, noon
Southern Miss. at SMU, 2 p.m.
Kansas St. at TCU, 2 p.m.
Louisiana Tech at Texas St., 2 p.m.
UCF at UTEP, 2 p.m.
FAR WEST
Colorado at Arizona, 8:30 a.m.
Arizona St. at Southern Cal, 10 a.m.
Oregon St. at Stanford, 10 a.m.
Wyoming at New Mexico, 10:30 a.m.
San Jose St. at New Mexico St., 10:30 a.m.
Air Force at San Diego St., 10:30 a.m.
N. Colorado at Weber St., 10:30 a.m.
Portland St. at Montana St., 10:35 a.m.
UC Davis at E. Washington, 11:35 a.m.
S. Utah at N. Arizona, 1:05 p.m.
UNLV at Colorado St., 2 p.m.
Boise St. at Hawaii, 2 p.m.
Morehead St. at San Diego, 4 p.m.
Idaho St. at Cal Poly, 4:05 p.m.
Idaho at BYU, 5:15 p.m.
Oregon at California, 5:30 p.m.
Utah at Washington, 5:30 p.m.
UCLA at Washington St., 5:30 p.m.
Fresno St. at Nevada, 5:35 p.m.
Pro Football
Nfl Glance
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 5 3 0 .625 262 170
Miami 4 4 0 .500 170 149
N.Y. Jets 3 5 0 .375 168 200
Buffalo 3 5 0 .375 180 248
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 7 1 0 .875 237 137
Indianapolis 5 3 0 .625 159 191
Tennessee 3 6 0 .333 182 308
Jacksonville 1 7 0 .125 117 219
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 6 2 0 .750 199 176
Pittsburgh 5 3 0 .625 191 164
Cincinnati 3 5 0 .375 189 218
Cleveland 2 7 0 .222 169 211
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Denver 5 3 0 .625 235 175
San Diego 4 4 0 .500 185 157
Oakland 3 5 0 .375 171 229
Kansas City 1 7 0 .125 133 240
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
N.Y. Giants 6 3 0 .667 254 185
Philadelphia 3 5 0 .375 133 183
Dallas 3 5 0 .375 150 181
Washington 3 6 0 .333 226 248
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Atlanta 8 0 0 1.000 220 143
Tampa Bay 4 4 0 .500 226 185
New Orleans 3 5 0 .375 218 229
Carolina 2 6 0 .250 149 180
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Chicago 7 1 0 .875 236 120
Green Bay 6 3 0 .667 239 187
Minnesota 5 4 0 .556 204 197
Detroit 4 4 0 .500 192 188
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Francisco 6 2 0 .750 189 103
Seattle 5 4 0 .556 170 154
Arizona 4 5 0 .444 144 173
St. Louis 3 5 0 .375 137 186
Today’s game
Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 3:20 p.m.
Sunday’s games
Atlanta at New Orleans, 8 a.m.
Detroit at Minnesota, 8 a.m.
Denver at Carolina, 8 a.m.
San Diego at Tampa Bay, 8 a.m.
Tennessee at Miami, 8 a.m.
Buffalo at New England, 8 a.m.
Oakland at Baltimore, 8 a.m.
N.Y. Giants at Cincinnati, 8 a.m.
N.Y. Jets at Seattle, 11:05 a.m.
St. Louis at San Francisco, 11:25 a.m.
Dallas at Philadelphia, 11:25 a.m.
Houston at Chicago, 3:20 p.m.
Open: Arizona, Cleveland, Green Bay, Washington
Monday’s game
Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 8
Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 8:20 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 11
Atlanta at New Orleans, 1 p.m.
Detroit at Minnesota, 1 p.m.
Denver at Carolina, 1 p.m.
San Diego at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
Tennessee at Miami, 1 p.m.
Buffalo at New England, 1 p.m.
Oakland at Baltimore, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.
St. Louis at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.
Dallas at Philadelphia, 4:25 p.m.
Houston at Chicago, 8:20 p.m.
Open: Arizona, Cleveland, Green Bay, Washington
Monday, Nov. 12
Kansas City at Pittsburgh, 8:30 p.m.
GOLF
PGA Tour Statistics
Scoring Average
Roundup>1, Rory McIlroy, 68.873. 2, Tiger Woods, 68.904. 3, Jim Furyk, 69.304. 4, Jason Dufner, 69.456. 5, Matt Kuchar, 69.477. 6, Adam Scott, 69.533. 7, Justin Rose, 69.549. 8, Dustin Johnson, 69.564. 9, Bubba Watson, 69.639. 10, Luke Donald, 69.687.
Driving Distance
Roundup>1, Bubba Watson, 315.5. 2, Charlie Beljan, 311.9. 3, Robert Garrigus, 310.6. 4, Dustin Johnson, 310.2. 5, Rory McIlroy, 310.1. 6, J.B. Holmes, 309.7. 7, Jason Day, 308.6. 8, Kyle Stanley, 306.9. 9, John Daly, 306.7. 10, 2 tied with 304.6.
Driving Accuracy Percentage
Roundup>1, Jerry Kelly, 72.62%. 2, Heath Slocum, 71.61%. 3, Tim Clark, 71.60%. 4, Jim Furyk, 70.71%. 5, Ben Curtis, 70.24%. 6, Graeme McDowell, 70.11%. 7, David Toms, 69.75%. 8, Gary Christian, 69.23%. 9, Chris DiMarco, 69.22%. 10, Chez Reavie, 68.88%.
Greens in Regulation Percentage
Roundup>1, Justin Rose, 70.34%. 2, Bubba Watson, 69.95%. 3, Lee Westwood, 69.75%. 4 (tie), Boo Weekley, Camilo Villegas and Russell Knox, 69.18%. 7, Jason Dufner, 69.17%. 8, Brendon de Jonge, 69.16%. 9, John Merrick, 69.13%. 10, Will Claxton, 69.11%.
Total Driving
Roundup>1, Boo Weekley, 71. 2, Hunter Mahan, 77. 3, Jason Dufner, 85. 4, Chris Couch, 87. 5 (tie), Tiger Woods and Bo Van Pelt, 88. 7, Louis Oosthuizen, 90. 8, John Rollins, 91. 9, Brandt Jobe, 92. 10, Lee Westwood, 102.
Strokes Gained – Putting
Roundup>1, Brandt Snedeker, .860. 2, Jonas Blixt, .802. 3, Luke Donald, .797. 4, Derek Lamely, .681. 5, Bryce Molder, .647. 6 (tie), Brian Gay, Aaron Baddeley and Zach Johnson, .599. 9, Martin Flores, .595. 10, Phil Mickelson, .591.
Birdie Average
Roundup>1, Rory McIlroy, 4.20. 2, Webb Simpson, 4.11. 3, Brandt Snedeker, 4.01. 4, Tiger Woods, 3.97. 5, Jason Dufner, 3.96. 6, Phil Mickelson, 3.95. 7, Bo Van Pelt, 3.94. 8, Ryan Palmer, 3.92. 9, Keegan Bradley, 3.91. 10, Ryan Moore, 3.90.
Eagles (Holes per)
Roundup>1, Jonas Blixt, 87.4. 2, Gary Woodland, 90.0. 3, Bubba Watson, 91.4. 4, Charles Howell III, 105.8. 5 (tie), Ben Crane and Rory McIlroy, 108.0. 7, Keegan Bradley, 113.1. 8, Kyle Reifers, 113.5. 9, Bobby Gates, 114.9. 10, 2 tied with 117.7.
Sand Save Percentage
Roundup>1, Jonas Blixt, 65.29%. 2, Greg Chalmers, 65.24%. 3, Jim Furyk, 65.15%. 4, Justin Rose, 62.81%. 5, Brian Gay, 62.69%. 6, Chris DiMarco, 61.74%. 7, Bud Cauley, 60.84%. 8, Martin Flores, 60.77%. 9, Matt Kuchar, 60.14%. 10, Padraig Harrington, 59.41%.
All-Around Ranking
Roundup>1, Keegan Bradley, 248. 2, Rory McIlroy, 250. 3, Jason Dufner, 261. 4, Bo Van Pelt, 276. 5, Lee Westwood, 301. 6, Justin Rose, 321. 7, Ryan Moore, 350. 8, Louis Oosthuizen, 356. 9, Zach Johnson, 371. 10, Brendon de Jonge, 374.
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE—Suspended San Diego C Yasmani Grandal 50 games for a violation of Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
American League
BOSTON RED SOX—Named Juan Nieves pitching coach.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Announced the retirement of coordinator of cultural development Sal Artiaga.
National League
COLORADO ROCKIES—Named Walt Weiss manager.
LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Named Mark McGwire hitting coach.
NEW YORK METS—Agreed to terms with RHP Greg Burke on a minor league contract. Agreed to terms with OF Jason Bay to terminate his contract.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Agreed to terms with Darren Ford on a minor league contract.
SAN DIEGO PADRES—Traded OF Blake Tekotte to the Chicago White Sox for RHP Brandon Kloess.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Assigned 2B Emmanuel Burriss outright to Fresno (PCL). Announced RHP Clay Hensley declined outright assignment and elected free agency.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS—Placed LB O’Brien Schofield on injured reserve. Re-signed DE Ronald Talley. Released CB Crezdon Butler from the practice squad. Signed CB Greg McCoy to the practice squad.
ATLANTA FALCONS—Released FB Lousaka Polite. Signed FB Mike Cox. Signed OL Jacques McClendon to the practice squad.
BUFFALO BILLS—Signed CB Crezdon Butler and OT Thomas Welch.
CAROLINA PANTHERS—Released LB Jerry Franklin from the practice squad. Signed G Thomas Austin to the practice squad.
CHICAGO BEARS—Released WR Kamar Aiken from the practice squad. Signed WR Joe Anderson to the practice squad.
GREEN BAY PACKERS—Released WR Diondre Borel from the practice squad. Activated TE Andrew Quarless from the physically-unable-to-perform list. Placed LB Nick Perry on injured reserve.
MIAMI DOLPHINS—Released DB De’Andre Presley. Signed CB Bryan McCann. Placed CB Richard Marshall on injured reserve. Claimed CB Brandon McDonald off waivers from Tampa Bay.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Signed DE Ernest Owusu to the practice squad.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Released CB Nick Hixson from the practice squad. Signed CB A.J. Davis to the practice squad.
NEW YORK JETS—Released S Antonio Allen. Signed G Hayworth Hicks from Indianapolis’ practice squad.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Activated CB Walter Thurmond from the physically-unable-to-perform list. Signed WR Charly Martin to the practice squad.
ST. LOUIS RAMS—Signed CB Quinton Pointer from the practice squad. Signed WR Saalim Hakim to the practice squad.
TENNESSEE TITANS—Placed G Leroy Harris on injured reserve. Signed DE Jarius Wynn and G Kyle DeVan.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
OTTAWA SENATORS—Reassigned F Darren Kramer from Binghamton (AHL) to Elmira (ECHL).
Central Hockey League
ARIZONA SUNDOGS—Waived F Don Maloney. Signed F Derek LeBlanc. Activated D David Schlemko from leave of absence.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
CHICAGO FIRE—Re-signed D Arne Friedrich.
COLLEGE
HOFSTRA—Announced G Shaquille Stokes has been granted a hardship waiver by the NCAA and will be eligible to play with the men’s basketball team.